There is a lot of news to report this week between our final GVBL championships, tournament teams eyeing down the state championships, GVHS Girls Basketball team, and well as the 2022 GVBL Summer League! The first piece of news is that our Tournament Team Clinic for rising 4th graders is tonight at General Wayne Elementary School! This is a free clinic for current third graders interested in tournament teams for the coming 2022-23 season.
The free clinics will be hosted by a group of coaches from our GVBL tournament team committee. In addition to the kids running through workouts at each of these sessions, there will be someone from the GVBL tournament team committee there to answer any and all questions that parents may have regarding goals of the program, scheduling, time commitment, cost, etc.
If your son or daughter has interest in attending one or both of these dates please register below as soon as possible:
Rising 4th Grade Girls 2022-23 tournament team clinic:
- Monday, March 14th from 6:00pm-7:00pm @ GWES lower gym
- Wednesday, March 23rd from 7:00-8:00pm @GWES lower gym
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Register for the Girls Clinic
Rising 4th Grade Boys 2022-23 tournament team clinic:
- Monday, March 14th from 7:00pm-8:00pm @ GWES lower gym
- Wednesday, March 23rd from 6:00-7:00pm @GWES lower gym
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Register for the Boys Clinic
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Thursday will feature the final two games of the 2021-22 Winter League at General Wayne Elementary School Lower Gym! The Buckeyes and Spartans of the Boys 3rd/4th Grade Division will face off at 6:10 and the Gators and Wildcats of the Girls 3rd/4th Grade Division will face off right after at 7:20pm. Best of luck to each team!
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Congratulations once again to all of our division champions! What a great season it was! We hope to see you all back for the summer league!
Registration for the 2022 GVBL Summer League begins on April 15th!
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Unlike the winter league, both Great Valley and non-Great Valley residents will be able to play in the league! The season will run from the middle of June to the middle of August. We hope to see all of you back this summer to play some more basketball! As always, we will be looking for coach and referee volunteers.
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Tournament Teams
The 29ers had a tough semifinal loss in the ICBA playoffs Sunday to close out the winter season. We are proud of the great effort of all the boys who played until the final buzzer yesterday. Congratulations to Cooper Willey, Noah Gardner, Tanner Melia, Paul Serpentine, Matthew Kasser, James McCollum, and Blake Sacchetta. Next up for the 29ers is an early April tournament!
The Storm faced off against Council Rock in the ICBA semi-final game. The teams faced off twice in the regular season with the Storm winning the first game by 4 and Council Rock taking the second by one point in overtime. In the playoff game, Kate Weikert dropped in 15 points for the Storm, going 7 of 9 from the free throw line. Maddie Walsh scored all 6 of her points in the fourth quarter, including being on the receiving end of a highlight-reel assist from Maura Wiggers. Ava Hall added 9 points and 5 rebounds in the winning effort for the Storm, as they secured a 39-31 victory that was tight most of the game. The Storm will face off against Deep Run for the ICBA championship at a date and time to be determined. Before that, that team will travel up to State College this weekend to compete in the States Championship tournament.
The 7th Grade Boys Tournament Team and the Girls 5th Grade Hive are also both heading to the state championships this weekend! Best of luck to all of our tournament teams as they look to bring some hardware back to Great Valley!
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GVHS Girls Basketball
The GVHS Girls played a tough Parkland team in the first round of the PIAA State Championships last Tuesday and lost, 40-32, to end their season. What a great run by our GVHS Girls and we cannot wait to see what they do next season! Congratulations girls!
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Use it or get left behind on important GVBL Winter League info
- Schedules
- Rosters
- Season updates
- Weather outtages
Get it in the App Store
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Jr. Patriots Tackle Football |
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The Great Valley Junior Patriots is an instructional youth football program for kids within the Great Valley School District and surrounding communities in grades 2-6. The purpose of the program is to create a fun experience for kids, playing and learning the game of football while competing with their peers in surrounding programs. We pride ourselves on creating a strong sense of community among our volunteers, parents and athletes and look forward to the 2022 season!
The Junior Patriots will provide all tackle players a helmet, chin strap, shoulder pads, and practice jersey for use during the season. These items must be returned at the close of the season.
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This year, registration costs also include a required personalized game-day jersey and game-day pants - includes padding. Players will own/keep these items at the end of the season and can reuse for future seasons, if they choose. Equipment hand-out and uniform sizing dates will be communicated by your head coach.
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GV Pride Yard Signs
- Customized with your senior's name
- 18"x24" coroplast with wire stakes
- Complete orders due by March 27
- Orders are not final until payment is received
- Signs will be delivered to your address the last week in April
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Proceeds benefit the GV Crew Team
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Spring Crew
Registration is open:
Fees
8th Grade Rowers - $550
9-12th Grade Rowers - $975
Our first regatta is coming up fast! Manny Flick #1 is on Sunday, March 20.
While all rowers are expected to attend, even if they are not competing, we understand that there may be previous commitments that may cause you to miss a regatta.
Practices are MWF 3:45-6:15 and Saturdays 10:00-1:00
Watch our Spring 2021 Crew Video:
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Cheer Fitness & Choreography Clinics
The cheer fitness & choreography clinics are fun and high-energy workout sessions to increase endurance and strength. Each session is 1 hour; half is a workout class format while the other is learning choreography to music that includes exercises and dances. This is all with the added fun of working out with pom poms!! Poms are included in the registration fee.
Athletes will be separated into two groups based on intensity level and age. Both groups will be at the same location and same time.
Sessions are on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30PM March 31st through May 26th; no session on April 14th. They will be held at the lower gym at General Wayne Elementary School, 20 Devon Rd., Malvern.
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In Ian's Boots Shoe Drive
GVCO Caring Hands recently completed its annual shoe drive to benefit Ian's Boots out of Pottstown, PA. Our organization is proud to partner with Ian's Boots in its mission to provide shoes and boots to those who need them the most. Go to Ian's Story to learn more about him and the mission of the organization.
GVCO Caring Hands would like to thank all those who donated shoes during this year's drive, helping this wonderful cause.
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Book Drives
We will be collecting all types of books in good condition to assist Books 4 Cause and their African Library Project or Bernies Book Bank. Help promote literacy, education and book ownership. More details are coming in early March.
Good Works
During the weekends of March 19th and 26th, we will be assisting Good Works of Chester County. This organization provides home repair for low-income families. Additional details are coming.
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GVCO Community Partnership |
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The Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company located in Philadelphia which has a long history of supporting local communities. Their corporate giving program allows their employees the opportunity to support the neighborhoods where they live and work. Comcast stays true to its mission to connect people by educating, entertaining and empowering people to bring people together.
GVCO is grateful to Comcast and its employees for making a difference right here in Malvern. Through their corporate social responsibility programs Comcast offers a year-round Matching Gift Program which is designed to amplify employee impact in local communities by providing a company matching gift to eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations following personal donations by employees.
Comcast Employees have been able to make an impact via the workplace which has benefitted GVCO’s programming and more importantly the new facility. Thank you to Comcast and your employees for being invested in the Great Valley Community Organization.
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GVCO is excited to announce that we have been awarded $750,000.00 of state funding to assist with the construction of our new GVCO Community Center. With the help of Senator Comitta to secure the funding, GVCO sees this as another milestone towards making this wonderful community asset a reality for Great Valley and the surrounding region.
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1st Phase of the new GVCO Community Center |
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We are on our way...
to a world-class community resource that delivers a broad range of sports, educational, arts, recreational and senior programs that address key community needs.
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The time is NOW.... Together we can make it happen!
We need your help to finish what we've started! We will not get the necessary financing to complete the project without raising additional funds.
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The Barrow Family - Greg, Sandi, Jack, & Ryan |
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Greg & Sandi both grew up in the area. Sandi is a proud GV alum. Greg owns an insurance agency, and Sandi is most proud of being a mom.
They first heard of GVCO when a little girl came to Jack’s preschool class with her Junior Hoopsters trophy. They knew immediately they had to get the boys involved, and it was love at first sight. The GVBL program was amazing & still is impressive today. Both boys played through high school. Ryan is still playing in the High School division.
In 2010 when GVCO started a youth football program with the Junior Patriots, Sandi & Greg knew their boys, 5 & 7 at the time, would be thrilled to jump on board. It was the best seven seasons ever with GVFL. Greg coached, and Sandi was a GVFL Board Member and League Representative for four seasons.
Not only playing the games & having fun over the years, but it is the life-long friends we have all made that are truly the magic of GVCO. It was essential to pass this spirit on to younger families by supporting GVCO and the new center.
We cannot wait to see all of the happy faces, young and old, at the new GVCO center.
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